Concept information
Preferred term
political machine
Definition
- During the later nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth century, most large U.S. cities were governed by political organizations called political machines. Political machines were hierarchically organized political parties whose leaders strove to dominate local politics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Political Machine]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_machine
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